LARIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Larium mean? 

• LARIUM (noun)
  The noun LARIUM has 1 sense:

1. an antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people

  Familiarity information: LARIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LARIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An antimalarial drug (trade name Larium and Mephaquine) that is effective in cases that do not respond to chloroquine; said to produce harmful neuropsychiatric effects on some people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Larium; mefloquine; mefloquine hydrochloride; Mephaquine

Hypernyms ("Larium" is a kind of...):

antimalarial; antimalarial drug (a medicinal drug used to prevent or treat malaria)